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The Moon on Friday, November 27, 1987: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on November 27, 1987Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 November 1987370,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.2% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
370,282 km230,083 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1987 is on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at 08:01 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at 06:33 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 21, 198706:33
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 28, 198700:37

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Friday, November 27, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 1987 to the new moon of December 20, 1987, a cycle of 29.49 days.